I love Anderson's films, but most if not all attempts to emulate his style end in disaster. If anything they make you appreciate Wes more, as it proves there is more to his style than centred shots and a sense of whimsy.

Maybe he's from Cloud Atlas: "Them stories had some true true"

I think I've seen the name on/off for a while so I don't think that it is a sock-puppet. Just an idiot.

Well, autumn is from the Latin 'autumnus' so I'm afraid the UK English version has the edge there.

I think his everyday persona leads folk to believe his books are a lot more whimsical that they actually are.

That's pretty much the premise of Stephen Fry's novel Making History.

He was certainly the best, but he wasn't pop punk (and neither was EC)

It's interesting - for all his sadness that his companions grow old and due, when faced with the possibility of an immortal companion he seems even more disturbed. Partially it must come down to the idea that has been thrown around a lot (in both the RTD and moff eras) that it's his companions that keep him grounded…

WOOF

I watched the original trilogy for the first time this week and I can actually see why they're so popular. I really enjoyed them.

Moichendicing!

Thing is that at that point the series was still whimsical magic boarding school books for kids, and having a character who has access to time travel but uses it to make it to more lessons fits. It's only because the series got a lot more serious afterwards that retroactively makes it seem like a plot hole.

I had a friend, was a big quidditch player
Back in Hogwarts…

I love 'From a Whisper to a Scream', maybe because it sounds like a Squeeze song (having Tilbrook duet helps I guess…)

Depends - one of the big movements in UK punk was Rock Against Racism, which was set up partially in retaliation to the aforementioned statements by Clapton, as well as the stuff done by the Two Tone label (and Costello produced The Specials' debut album who were very anti-racist).

You're taking a hell of a leap of faith.

Well, it worked in Blazing Saddles.

I just want to know whether it's true that Hardy punched him out on-set.

Jealous! He doesn't seem to be doing any signings over here at the moment, which is a shame.

I've only recently found out about Leckie's novels and they seem like exactly the kind of progressive sci-fi I've been looking for, I'm going to grab a copy at some point.